Iowa State enters this weekend's contest with a 2-8 record on the season and 1-6 in Big 12 play.
But Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury is aware that the Cyclones' record doesn't tell the entire story of Iowa State's improvement this year.

Texas Tech fans should remember Mike Warren.
As a freshman a season ago, Warren broke Iowa State's freshman single-game rushing mark with a career-high 245 yards, the eighth-best effort in school history.

Compiled by Michael LaBarre, A-J Media
How former Texas Tech football players fared in NFL games this week:
TE JACE AMARO
Was inactive for Tennessee's 47-25 win over Green Bay on Sunday. The Titans improved to 5-5.

Saturday at Iowa State figures to be the closest thing Texas Tech's had to a cold-weather football game all season. It's supposed to be chilly and breezy, but Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury doesn't foresee it affecting his play selection.

Texas Tech’s running back depth this week might be similar to what it was late in the Red Raiders’ 45-44 loss Saturday at Oklahoma State.
Justin Stockton (chest contusion) will miss Saturday’s game at Iowa State, Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said Monday, and Da’Leon Ward (head injury) and DeMarcus Felton (high ankle injury) are questionable.

Texas Tech holder Cameron Batson said he and kicker Clayton Hatfield share the blame for the missed PAT in the final two minutes of the Red Raiders’ 45-44 loss at Oklahoma State. Batson, though he always tilts the ball toward himself, said he was late in doing so but that Hatfield had made kicks under similar circumstances.

Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said Monday his staff is "scouring the country right now" for a junior-college prospect or a mid-term graduate transfer who could help the Red Raiders' depleted offensive line.